between trips

Just got back from ten days in Cambodia - was there for a service learning trip with students (second one in three years at that). Was quite a good experience overall, and certainly better than i had thought that it was going to be at the start of it all (and am certainly more tanned than i had thought i would be too but that's another story). I'm now more able to appreciate the value of such trips in terms of the impact that they can have on our students. That's not to say that there's been a miraculous change - on the contrary, there's a long way more to go for them (and let's face it, for me too), but certainly i think for all of them it's at least a step in the right direction.

Since getting back i've about a week to prepare for the next trip, which i definitely am looking more forward to than i was the previous one. And to my semi-surprise i've actually gotten quite a bit of prep done (though my bare minimum is rather easy to reach - it involves just listening to this). Few more days to go!